Question

The biggest newspaper print mill of India is at _____.
A) Titagarh
B) Ballarpur
C) Nepanagar
D) Saharanpur

Answer 1

Hint:
i) This city is located in the district of Burhanpur and it is an industrial township
ii) Salai wood and bamboo are abundantly available in the forests around this city.

Complete answer:
The biggest newspaper print mill of India is located in Nepanagar. It is an industrial township situated in the district of Burhanpur, which is in Madhya Pradesh. It is located between the cities Burhanpur and Khandwa. The word ‘Nepa’ is an abbreviation for ‘National Environment Protection Authority’, and hence the city is named Nepanagar.

The newspaper printing mill is called ‘Nepa Mills Limited’. It was earlier called as The National News Print Limited. The Nepa mill is spread over an area of 107 acres, and the company has also constructed 2164 residential quarters in the town. It was founded in 1948 and it started its production from April of 1956. The raw materials that they used were Salai wood and Bamboo, which were available abundantly in the forests surrounding Nepanagar. Since, then the company has shifted to waste paper as its basic raw material from the original forest raw materials. This has helped the company to reduce its production cost.

After existing for more than 50 years and being the only newsprint manufacturing mill for the first 35 years, Nepa mills is one the oldest public sector undertakings.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (C) Nepanagar.

Note:
i) Nepa has recently initiated the manufacture of newsprints using old and over issue newspapers.
ii) This helps to cater to the requirements of the low segments of the market at minimal costs.
iii) This approach successfully maintains all parameters of quality, except it is low on brightness.